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Nov. 20, 1962
A. KUBER
3,064,271
FRICTION BELT BUCKLE
Filed NOV. 15, 1961
2 Sheets-Sheet 1
Nov. 20, 1962
A. KUBER'
3,064,271
FRICTION BELT BUCKLE
Filed Nov. 15, 1961
2 Sheets-Sheet 2
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3,964,271
Patented Nov. 20, 1952
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To accomplish the foregoing objects, and other more
speci?c objects which will hereinafter appear, my in
FRICTTQN BELT BUCKLE
Abraham Kuber, New York, N.Y., assignor to BacnA
Brnnd ?roducts, Inc, New York, N.Y., a corporation
of New York
Filed Nov. 15', 196i, Ser. No. 152,481
2 Claims. (Cl. 2—3l1)
vention resides in the belt and buckle elements and their
relation one to another, as are hereinafter more particu
larly described in the following speci?cation. The speci
?cation is accompanied by drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective View of a belt embodying fea~
tures of the present invention;
This invention relates to belt buckles, and more par
ticularly to covered belt buckles.
The general object of the present invention is to im
prove belt buckles, especially covered belt buckles adapted
for use by home dressmakers.
The usual “self fabric” belt used with a dress employs
FIG. 2 is a perspective View of the telescopic sheet
metal parts of the buckle shown separated;
FIG. 3 is a transverse section taken approximately
in the plane of the line 3—3 of FIG. 1, without the belt;
‘FIG. 4 is a section taken approximately in the plane
of the line 4-4 of FIG. 1;
a buckle with a prong, and the belt has eyelets. Such 15
PEG. 5 shows a pattern for the covering fabric;
belts are easily made by machine under factory condi
FIGS. 6, 7 ‘and 8 are perspective views showing suc
tions, but present di?iculty to a home dressmaker. The
cessive steps in securing the buckle to the belt without
buckle frame must be covered with fabric, and thereafter
stitching; and
the prong must be applied to the cross bar. Also, the
FIG. 9 is a section similar to that shown in FIG. 4,
belt must be provided with a slot for the hinge portion 20 but showing the relation of the belt to the ‘buckle when
, of the prong, and the belt itself must be provided with
attached without stitching.
holes protected by eyelets. Moreover, to avoid color
Referring to the ‘drawing, and more particularly to
complication for the storekeeper selling the buckle and
FIG. 1, the belt 12 carries a buckle 14-. The end 12
eyelet kit, the kit is usually limited to one ?nish, say
of the belt is secured to the buckle, while the free end
nickel, for the metal eyelets and prong, and this may 25 15 is passed forwardly and then rearwardly through the
clash with some dress fabrics or accessories.
buckle, l4, much as in known friction buckles.
The primary object of the present invention is to over
Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 4, it will be seen that
come the foregoing dif?culties, and to provide a covered
.the frame of the buckle is generally rectangular and
buckle which is of the friction or slide type, and which
has two parallel spaced cross bars 18 and 20. These
therefore needs no prong nor eyelets. Friction buckles 30 are disposed in a direction transverse to the length of
are known but have not heretofore proved successful
the belt, or differently expressed, they are parallel to
with the typical wide belt used on a dress made of the
the sides 22 and 24 of the frame. The space between
usual thin fabric. In accordance with the present in
vention, the buckle frame is provided with two spaced
each cross bar and the nearest side of the frame, that is,
the space between bar 18 and side 22, and between bar
With this construction the 35 26 and side 24, is reduced to a dimension which insures
cross bars instead of one.
space between each cross bar and the nearest side of the
frame may be reduced to a dimension small enough to
insure a good friction grip on the belt, even though the
buckle may, for appearance sake, be made quite wide.
in accordance with a further feature and object of the
invention, the two cross bars are covered by a folded
loop securing the buckle to the belt, and consequently
good friction holding of the belt.
Referring to FIG. 4, in this case the end 12 of the
belt is preferably folded reversely ‘around both cross
bars 18 and 2t}, and then stitched at 26 to hold the buckle.
In use, the free end 16 of the belt passes around the
fabric loop 28 of the belt, thereby increasing the fric
tional grip, apart from the more important feature that
the cross bars may be left uncovered.
The patterning
the angle of bend is determined by and is increased by
or shaping of the covering fabric for the buckle then
the
relatively reduced spacing between the bars and the
provides more fabric for covering the exposed side por 45 sides of the buckle, despite the rather substantial overall
tions of the buckle frame.
width of the buckle.
Still another and important object of the invention is
This looping of the belt around both cross bars is not
to eliminate the need for sewing a loop when attaching
essential but it has‘ a further advantage when dealing as
the buckle to the belt. A manufacturer ‘of belts has spe 50 here with a covered buckle. The loop 28 conceals the
cial sewing machines with a high post for this purpose,
cross bars without requiring fabric covering of the same,
but a home dressmaker does not have such a special
thereby simplifying the covering operation, as is explained
machine. On a regular sewing machine it would be
necessary to stitch the loop at a substantial distance away
later in greater detail.
In the preferred form shown the buckle is a covered
from the buckle, thus making the loop which holds the 55 buckle, and the frame comprises a top piece generally
buckle unduly long. The alternative is to stitch by hand,
designated 3% (FIG. 2) which may be made of sheet metal
but this is di?icult because of the belt backing, which is
of inverted trough section, and a bottom piece generally
relatively hard to penetrate. The two cross bars of
present buckle make it feasible to ‘attach the belt to
buckle by a frictional connection, with no stitching
quired at all. For this purpose the spacing between
the
designated 32, which as here shown is also made of sheet
the
metal of trough section. The bottom piece is dimen~
re 60 sioned to be telescopically received inside the top piece
the
with a loose ?t when no fabric is present, but with a
two cross bars should not be excessive, ‘and this is as
tight ?t when the covering fabric is caught therebetween,
sured by the mere use of two cross bars, when the buckle
thereby clamping the fabric in position.
is of usual or reasonable proportions.
The top and bottom pieces may be brought to trough
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with the end 60, and the remainder of the operation with
the pointed or free end 70. This preferred procedure is
illustrated in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 in the drawing. In FIG.
6 the buckle is held right side up, and the belt is held
upside down, and is started through the buckle in this
reversed position. At this time the end 60 is passed
section by a drawing operation, or they may be stamped
and folded to desired con?guration. In the present case
the method of fabrication is a combination of both, that
is, the outer periphery is drawn to shape, as indicated
by the continuous edge at the four corners 34- of each
piece, but the inner ?anges are severed at the various
corners of the sides and cross bars. This simpli?es the
dies needed to form the telescopic parts, and the press
downward between the side 24 and the cross bar 20, as
shown in FIG. 6. Referring next to FIG. 7, the end 60
is then turned upward between the cross bars 18 and 2%,
operation needed.
A fabric covering 4!} is disposed over the top piece 10 and then downward between the cross bar 18 and the
side 22.
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and is slit to provide inner ?aps, such that the fabric
The remote or free end 70 of the belt then is taken and
may be wrapped around the outer sides of the top piece,
passed downward between the cross bar 18 and the side
"and then vturned upward into the troughs or channels.
22, as shown in FIG. 8, and when drawn taut, the buckle
The upward turned parts then me clamped between the
15 is attached to the belt, as shown in FIG. 9, disregarding
bottom piece 32 and the top piece 30.
fer the moment the parts 72, 74, and 70. The belt is
' One usable patterning of the fabric is shown in FIG.
then ready for use, for which purpose the pointed end is
5. In that ?gure the preferred location of the top of
simply passed upward and ,thendownward through the
the buckle is indicated by the broken lines 59. The
buckle, as shown in FlG. 9 at 72, 74, and 79.
marginal fabric 52 is folded aroundrthe periphery of the
It is believed that the construction and method of,
buckle, and then upward Where it is clamped in position.
use of my improved buckle, as well as the advantages
7 The parts 54 are turned into the space between the cross
thereof, will be apparent from the foregoing detailed de
scription. The buckle has no prong, and the dressmaker
is relieved of the task of adding a prong to the buckle,
ends of the space, and they somewhat overlie the ends
'of the cross bars, but the cross bars are largely uncovered. 25 and of making holes and adding eyeletsto the belt itself.
She is also relieved of the di?icult task of stitching the
The rectangular parts 58 areturned into the space be
bars 18 or 29 and the outer sides 22 or 24. The trian
gular parts 56 are turned into the same space, at the
tween the two cross bars i8 and 2t}.
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belt
to the buckle. The belt and the covering fabric on ,
‘the buckle are usually (though not necessarily) “self
fabric,” and there are no exposed metal parts which
bars 13 and 20. This not only simpli?es the patterning
but leaves more fabric material available for covering 30 might clash in color with the dress fabric. For the belt
itself, the belt kit may include a somewhat sti? backing
the exposed outer sides 22, 24, 36 and 38 of the buckle.
It will be seen that there is no need to cover the cross
The cross bars 18 and 20 are anyway effectively covered
by the loop 28 of the belt.
The parts of the buckle are usually sold in kit form
to the home dressmaker, with appropriate instructions.
These usually include a paper pattern (as shown in FIG.
material to which the self fabric is hemmed and. ad- , V
hered as a face fabric. This construction of the belt itself
forms no part of the present invention, which rather cen
ters about the construction of the buckle and its attach
ment to the belt.
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It will be understood that while I have shown and de
5.) for the piece of fabric which is to be secured about '
scribed the invention in a preferred form, changes may
the buckle. In most cases this pattern is given a pres
be made without departing from the scope of the inven
sure, sensitive adhesive surface so, that it may be adhered
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'7 ' to the back of the fabric before the fabric is cut, and 40 tion, as sought to be de?ned in the following claims. .
the paper then remains with and adds body to the fabric
when the fabric is secured about the buckle. ' .No attempt
has been made in FIGS. 3 and 4 to show both the fabric
and the paper, but the thickness shown may be assumed
to represent both.
The particular buckle here illustrated is used with a ,
belt having a width of 2 inches. 'The buckle itself is
2% inches high.(vertical dimension), and just under 2
inches wide (horizontal dimension), and yet the spaces
I claim:
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1. A belt for wear about the waist and covered with
fabric and having a friction buckle which is also covered
with fabric, said buckle comprising a top piece made of
sheet metal of inverted trough section, a bottom piece
made of sheet metal of trough section and telescopically
received in the top piece, said pieces having two parallel
spaced cross bars disposed in a direction transverse‘to the
length of the belt, the spaces between the cross bars, and
between the cross bars 18 or 20 and the sides 22 or 24 50 the adjacent sides of the frame being relatively narrow
to insure good friction holding of the belt, a'fabric'
of the buckle are only 1/; inch in width.. The space
covering disposed over the top piece and slit to expose
between the cross 'bars'is about the same, in this case.
the cross bars and to provide ?aps folded in said spaces
'It will therefore be evident that the frictional holding
and such that the fabric'is wrapped around the sides. of
power of the buckle is made substantial.
The buckle may be secured to the belt without stitch 55 the top piece and turned upward, the upward turned pory '
tions being clamped between the top and bottom pieces,
ing, and for this purpose advantage is taken ofthe space
the shape of the fabric being such that it leaves the cross
provided between 'thetwo cross bars 18 and 20. This
bars substantially uncovered, thereby providing more fab
space is also small, and in the illustrated case is %2 inch,
tie for covering the. exposed outer sides of the buckle,
. wide. Referring to FIG. 9, the buckle comprises cross
.bars'18 and 20 between'the sides 22 and 24, the same as 60 one end of the belt passing over'both cross bars and being
folded around one cross bar, and. then outward between
in FIGS. “1-5 of the drawing. The end 60 is folded '
relative 'to the end portion 62 to provide a loop which
holds the ‘buckle, but in this case the end 60 is passed
upward at 64 between the bars 18 and 2t}, and then down- .
‘ward at 66 between the bar 18 and the side 22. When
this is done the buckle is strongly and immovably secured
to the belt without any stitching to hold theend 6t) or
' to close the loop.
the cross bars, and inward between the other crossbar
and the adjacent side of the, ‘buckle, whereby the buckle . .
is held on the belt without stitching, and the, other orf
free end of the belt when in use being passed outward
and then inward around the aforesaid folded end of the
belt for friction holding.
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2. A belt for wear about the waist and covered with
fabric and having a friction buckle which .is also covered
“The other orpointed or free end 70 of the belt is
rpass'ed upward at 72 and then downward at 74, exactly 70 with fabric, said buckle comprising a top piecemade of
sheet metal of inverted trough section, a bottom piece
the same as previously described in connection with FIGS.
made of sheet metal of trough section and telescopically,
' .1 and 4.
received in the top piece, said pieces having two parallel
' The buckle may be attached to ‘the belt by manipulat
spaced cross-bars disposed in a direction transverse, to
ing'the end 60 alone, ‘but in practice it has been found
‘somewhat simpler to perform only part of the operation 75, the length of the belt, the spaces between the cross bars 7 a‘
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and the adjacent sides of the frame being relatively nar
row to insure good friction holding of the belt, a fabric
covering disposed over the top piece and slit to expose the
cross bars and to provide ?aps folded in said spaces and
such that the fabric is wrapped around the sides of the
top piece and turned upward, the upward turned portions
being clamped between the top and bottom pieces, the
shape of the fabric being such that it leaves the cross
bars substantially uncovered, thereby providing more
fabric for covering the exposed outer sides of the buckle, 10
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use being passed outward and then inward around the
aforesaid end of the belt for friction holding.
References Cited in the ?le of this patent
UNITED STATES PATENTS
1,972,936
Harrison ____________ __ Sept. 11, 1934
2,067,069
Wolff ________________ __ Jan. 5, 1937
2,884,675
Sternschuss __________ __ May 5, 1959
2,912,737
Dritz _______________ __ Nov. 17, 1959
917,070
France ______________ __ Sept. 2, ‘1946
FOREIGN PATENTS
one end of the belt passing over both cross bars and be
ing secured thereto, whereby the cross bars are covered
by the belt, and the other or free end of the belt when in
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
‘CERTIFICATE TIT
CQRRECTIQN
Patent Noe 3,064,271
November 20, 1962
Abraham Kuber
It is hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered pat
ent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as
corrected
belo*
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Column 4, line 49, after "bars"- strike out the comma,
Signed and sealed this 4th day of June 1963,
( SEAL)
Attest:
‘ERNEST W. SWIDER
DAVID L. LADD
Attesting Officer
Commissioner of Patents